Today was acuity testing. I'm looking forward to reviewing the results and seeing the areas we need to focus on for the rest of the year. As a predictor for the upcoming ISTEP, the importance of the Acuity test has been significantly increased.
Honors students should be working on identifying some possible claims for their author's craft essay tonight. In addition, at least two body paragraphs should be attempted. These are dog draft quality but they should demonstrate where you are in the process at this moment. If I were you, I'd start typing my paragraphs. We're moving beyond exploring into essaying. It will be easier to read, share, edit, revise and discuss from this point forward if the work is typed.
Standard students should be writing two pages in their writer's notebooks tonight. You are just starting to explore so consider the following: What craft moves do you see your authors using? What patterns do you see developing with those craft moves? What reasons do you see for why the authors made the decisions they did? This is more stream of consciousness writing, but it should be focused on the craft moves and goals of your short story's author.
In addition, those that have not yet presented should be working diligently on their presentations or debates.
Until next time...
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